Can I mention my own product here?
Only inside an existing discussion, and only if you disclose your affiliation with the product. The Advertising rule allows vendors to discuss their product in context, but not to promote it on its own.
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r/sysadmin rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/sysadmin: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
- Members
- 1.3M
- Community age
- Created Oct 2008, 18 years
- To post
- No minimum in the rules
- To comment
- No minimum in the rules
- Self-promotion
- Allowed with conditionsVendors may discuss products in context, must disclose affiliation, and content creators must not direct users to their own content.
- Links
- Allowed
- Promo risk
- HighFrom the rules, not from removal counts
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By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
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Rule summary
- Account Age: * Your account must be 24 hours old in order to post to this subreddit. * Please use your main account to post or comment, or wait 24 hours and resubmit. If the issue is urgent, feel free to message the moderation team.
- Professionalism: * Please treat community members politely - even when you disagree. * No personal attacks - debate issues, challenge sources - but don't make or take things personally. * No posts that are entirely memes or AdviceAnimals or Kitty GIFs. * Please try to keep politically & religiously charged messages out of discussions. * Intentionally trolling is considered impolite, & will be acted against. * The acts of Software Piracy, Hardware Theft, & Cheating are considered unprofessional.
- Advertising: * The reddit advertising system exists for this purpose. Invest in either a promoted post, or sidebar ad space. * Vendors are free to discuss their product in the context of an existing discussion. * Posting articles from ones own blog is considered a product. * As always, users must disclose any affiliation with a product. * Content creators should refrain from directing this community to their own content.
- Wrong Community: * There are many reddit communities that exist that may be more catered to/dedicated your topic. * Requests for assistance are expected to contain basic situational information. - They should also contain evidence of basic troubleshooting & Googling for self-help. - Keep topics/questions related to technology/people/practices/etc within a business environment. * When asking a question or requesting advice, please update your original post with any new information, or solution (if found).
- Low Quality: * Avoid low-quality posts. Make an effort to enrich the community where you can- provide details, context, opinions, etc. in your posts. * Moronic Monday & Thickheaded Thursday are available for simple questions, or other requests that don't need their own full thread. Utilize them as much as possible. * No GPT/LLM created content. This is a user community of professionals. Don't rely on AI to do your thinking for you
Works well
- A plain text write-up of a real infrastructure problem you hit at work, with the troubleshooting steps you already tried and what business context forced the fix.
- A vendor comment that answers someone's existing question about a tool you make, with a clear line like, full disclosure, I work on this product.
- A discussion post about a practice or process in a business IT environment, like patching cadence or backup testing, that invites opinions from other admins.
- A follow-up edit on your own post that shares the solution you found, as the rules ask you to update the original post.
- A question asked inside the Moronic Monday or Thickheaded Thursday thread when it does not need its own full post.
Avoid
- Posting a link to your own blog or article, because the Advertising rule treats your own content as a product.
- Using ChatGPT or any AI tool to draft your post or comments, because the Low Quality rule bans GPT and LLM created content.
- Posting with an account younger than 24 hours, because the Account Age rule blocks it.
- Promoting your product in a brand new post instead of joining an existing discussion, which is the only vendor path the rules allow.
- Talking about your product without disclosing your affiliation, which the Advertising rule requires.
- Asking for help with no details about your situation and no sign you tried to solve it yourself, which the Wrong Community rule removes.
What r/sysadmin Is For
This is a community for people who work in computer system administration. The description says it plainly, a reddit dedicated to the profession of Computer System Administration. So the room is full of working professionals who run servers, networks, and business systems for a living. The rules back this up. The Wrong Community rule says topics should stay within a business environment, and the Low Quality rule calls this a user community of professionals. That tells you the bar is high. People come here to talk shop about real work problems, not to browse casual tech chatter. If your post would not make sense to someone whose job is keeping business systems running, it probably does not belong here.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
Four rules decide most outcomes here. The first is “Account Age”, which says your account must be 24 hours old to post, and asks you to use your main account rather than a fresh one. The second is “Advertising”, which is the one that matters most for marketing. It says the reddit advertising system exists for promotion, that vendors may discuss their product in the context of an existing discussion, that posting articles from your own blog counts as a product, and that users must disclose any affiliation with a product. It also tells content creators to refrain from directing this community to their own content. The third is “Professionalism”, which asks for polite treatment, no personal attacks, no meme only posts, and no politically or religiously charged messages. The fourth is “Low Quality”, which bans low effort posts and, importantly, bans GPT and LLM created content outright. There is also “Wrong Community”, which removes requests for help that lack basic situational information or evidence of troubleshooting.
What To Post
A good post here looks like a professional sharing something useful from real work. If you are asking for help, include your situation, what you already tried, and what you found when you searched, because the rules ask for that. If you want to talk about a product you are involved with, do it inside a discussion that already exists, and say clearly that you have an affiliation with the product. If you write content, keep it as participation rather than a signpost to your own site. Simple questions belong in the Moronic Monday and Thickheaded Thursday threads the rules mention. Write everything yourself, in your own words, because this community has banned AI written content outright.
What To Avoid
Do not post links to your own blog or direct people to your own content, because the Advertising rule treats your blog as a product and tells content creators not to send people to their own work. Do not post anything written by ChatGPT or another AI tool, since the Low Quality rule bans GPT and LLM created content completely. Do not post before your account is 24 hours old. Do not drop a link with no context or details, because the Low Quality rule removes low effort posts. Do not ask for tech support with no situation details or evidence of troubleshooting, because the Wrong Community rule removes those. Do not attack people, troll, post memes, or bring politics or religion into threads, because the Professionalism rule covers all of that. Do not hide that you work for a vendor, because undisclosed affiliation breaks the Advertising rule.
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Common questions about r/sysadmin
Can I link to my blog post?
No. The Advertising rule says posting articles from your own blog is considered a product, and it tells content creators not to direct this community to their own content.
Can I write my post with ChatGPT?
No. The Low Quality rule bans GPT and LLM created content and says not to rely on AI to do your thinking for you.
I just made my account, can I post right away?
No. The Account Age rule requires your account to be 24 hours old before you post, and it asks you to use your main account instead of a fresh one.
Can I ask a technical question about my own home setup?
Be careful. The Wrong Community rule says topics should stay within a business environment, and help requests need basic situational information plus evidence of troubleshooting and searching for yourself.
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